31 Mar, 2021 New proposal for German partnership ‘check the box’-style elections – what does the new ‘opt-in’ model mean for inbound investments? By Georg Roderburg Philipp Redeker Sören Lehmann The German Government recently issued a draft bill titled the ‘Corporate Income Tax Modernisation Act’ (German version (PDF)/unofficial...
31 Mar, 2021 DAX/MDAX global M&A survey: 10 years of German deals By Lars Meyer Wessel Heukamp Jochen Ellrott Uta Itzen +1 more... Show less How have Germany’s largest listed companies performed in the global M&A market in recent years? In our latest survey of the most recent...
31 Mar, 2021 The European Commission publishes guidance on its broadened Member State referral system – but unpredictability and uncertainty remains By Rikki Haria Carmen Virgós Sharon Malhi James Aitken Thomas Wessely +2 more... Show less The European Commission (EC) has published guidance on its new policy to encourage and accept referral requests from Member States under...
29 Mar, 2021 M&A in 2021 gets off to a flying start By Matthew Herman Robert Ashworth Richard Perks Bowd Jon +1 more... Show less The M&A bull run that began in Q3 2020 shows no signs of slowing, with deal activity through the first three months of 2021 breaking the...
29 Mar, 2021 Looking forward – UK Government proposes new focus on dividends in light of major corporate failures By Katharina Crinson Rachel Seeley Richard Tett On 18 March 2021, the UK Government published its long-awaited white paper on restoring trust in audit and corporate governance. This...
26 Mar, 2021 Tackling the post-COVID European NPL ‘problem’: a State aid perspective By Alexandra Forrest Andreas von Bonin The European Commission has, in recent years, pursued a general policy aim of keeping non-performing loan (NPL) ratios to sustainable...
26 Mar, 2021 Deal disputes – preparing for a more litigious environment By Angela Landry Wherever you are in the world, mitigating against your litigation risk to create greater deal certainty will be paramount in 2021. In...
24 Mar, 2021 UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020: some temporary measures extended to 30 June 2021 By Katharina Crinson Lindsay Hingston Kelley Macpherson On 26 June 2020 the UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the Act) came into force. The Act marked the most significant...
24 Mar, 2021 Draft UK Pensions Regulator guidance on new criminal offences: impact for restructurings By Dawn Heath Catherine Balmond Ali Sallaway The Pensions Regulator (TPR) recently issued its draft guidance on its approach to investigating and prosecuting the new criminal...
23 Mar, 2021 Draft UK Pensions Regulator guidance on new criminal offences: impact for non-distressed corporate activity By Dawn Heath Ali Sallaway The Pensions Regulator (TPR) recently issued its draft guidance on its approach to investigating and prosecuting the new criminal...
19 Mar, 2021 UK extension of commercial forfeiture moratorium – unlikely to turn the tide? By Roger Schofield Katharina Crinson Nicholas Cooper Following the announcements in the recent budget where the UK finance minister indicated a desire to begin scaling back government relief...
19 Mar, 2021 The UK competition authority updates its approach for merger analysis in the 2020s By Alastair Chapman Sarah Jensen Theodore Souris The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has updated its guidelines on the way it assesses mergers to take account of the...